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L'Auto-da-fé, ou l'Acte de Foi et suplice des Condamnez

Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733
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A pair of engravings depicting condemned heretics performing an auto-da-fé, or act of faith, as penance prior to being burned at the stake during the Inquisition (top) and condemned heretics during the Inquisition being publically burnt at the stake (bottom).

Date Issued or Published
1741
Subject - Topic/Names
Inquisition
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Burning (Execution)
Faith
Penance
Public executions
Heretics
Catholic Church
Subject - Time Period
Eighteenth century
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Title
L'Auto-da-fé, ou l'Acte de Foi et suplice des Condamnez
Date Issued or Published
1741
Description
A pair of engravings depicting condemned heretics performing an auto-da-fé, or act of faith, as penance prior to being burned at the stake during the Inquisition (top) and condemned heretics during the Inquisition being publically burnt at the stake (bottom).
Creator
Picart, Bernard, 1673-1733
Publisher
Rollin, fils
Place of Publication
Paris (France)
Contributor
Banier, M. l'abbé (Antoine), 1673-1741
Primary Language
French
Subject - Topic/Names
Inquisition
Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Burning (Execution)
Faith
Penance
Public executions
Heretics
Catholic Church
Subject - Time Period
Eighteenth century
Extent/Dimensions
45 cm (approx.)
Content Type
Still image
Content Genre
engravings (prints)
Source
Histoire générale des cérémonies, moeurs, et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde: Volume 2
Local Call Number
1741 BANI V.2
Rights Statement
The online edition of this work in the public domain, i.e. not protected by copyright, has been produced by Pitts Theology Library.
NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
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Emory University
Holding Repository
Pitts Theology Library
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1741
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